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SUMMARY:Beyond the Nice Chat and Cup of Tea: Spiritually Informed Pastoral Care
DESCRIPTION:Building Healthy Church Communities\n\n\n\nA Residency with Rev Joan Wright Howie4–8 May 2026 | Western Australia \n\n\n\nJoin the Uniting Centre for Education and Formation for a series of practical and reflective workshops with Rev. Joan Wright Howie\, Uniting Church minister\, spiritual director\, supervisor\, and PhD candidate. Joan’s research explores what spiritually informed care looks like in practice\, and throughout this residency she brings these insights into conversation with the real experiences of church communities. \n\n\n\nBeyond the Nice Chat and Cup of Tea: Spiritually Informed Pastoral Care\n\n\n\nFriday 8 May at St Augustine Uniting Church\, Bunbury \n\n\n\nCost $25 – In person \n\n\n\nAs members of a church congregation\, we recognise the importance of pastoral care. Keeping people connected\, showing care\, and responding to need are ways a community supports one another and the wider local area. \n\n\n\nThis workshop offers an opportunity to develop pastoral care skills and learn how to create a safe\, reflective space where people can share what weighs on their hearts. \n\n\n\nJoan will support participants in strengthening their pastoral care practice through: \n\n\n\n\nSelf-reflection\n\n\n\nListening skill development\n\n\n\nAttunement to the presence of God\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations\n\n\n\nGo to our registration site here – https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/building-healthy-church-communities-tickets-1985784680435 \n\n\n\nMembers and leaders of Uniting Church congregations across Western Australia are warmly invited to participate in these sessions. Each workshop offers space for learning\, reflection\, and practical tools to support healthy church communities\, pastoral care\, and faithful engagement with the challenges of ministry today. \n\n\n\nFor enquiries contact the Uniting Centre for Education and Formation – pa.education@wa.uca.org.au  \n\n\n\n\nAbout Rev Joan Wright Howie\n\n\n\nJoan is a Uniting Church minister with 30 years of experience in congregational leadership\, project development and educational settings. She is currently a PhD candidate exploring the attributes of spiritually informed care and developing a model of it. Joan has a private practice and has trained both supervisors and spiritual directors for many years. She lives with her husband\, David\, in Melbourne and has three independent children. Joan loves swimming in the ocean\, gardening and going for long walks with friends.Joan is a Uniting Church minister living in Melbourne.
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LOCATION:Bunbury St Augustine Uniting Church\, 119 Mangles St\, South Bunbury\, Western Australia\, 6231\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Pancakes for Chaplains
DESCRIPTION:On 17 February (Shrove Tuesday) \, St Augustine Uniting Church\, 119 Mangles St\, South Bunbury\, are having a fun morning raising funds for YouthCARE in Bunbury with a Pancake Party! \n\n\n\nAll proceeds go to enable support of students\, families and staff through the work of local chaplains. Please pop in for delicious fun\, including the Annual Pancake Tossing Competition.
URL:https://unitingchurchwa.org.au/event/pancakes-for-chaplains/
LOCATION:Bunbury St Augustine Uniting Church\, 119 Mangles St\, South Bunbury\, Western Australia\, 6231\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Easter,Shrove Tuesday
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SUMMARY:Christmas Memorial Service
DESCRIPTION:St Augustine Uniting Church in conjunction with William Barrett and Sons Funeral Directors\, invite you to this year’s Christmas Memorial Service. \n\n\n\nThis is an opportunity to remember and honour the life and death of our loved ones. \n\n\n\nThe service will be held in the church at St Augustine’s on Wednesday 10 December starting at 7.30pm. \n\n\n\nIf you’d like a photo of your loved one included in the memorial slideshow\, please email one to info@barrettfunerals.com.au or take it to 9 Spencer St\, Bunbury by 5.00pm Friday\, 5 December. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served after the service.
URL:https://unitingchurchwa.org.au/event/christmas-memorial-service/
LOCATION:Bunbury St Augustine Uniting Church\, 119 Mangles St\, South Bunbury\, Western Australia\, 6231\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Blue Christmas,Christmas
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SUMMARY:Pioneer Ministry in New Housing Areas - Bunbury Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Pioneer Ministry in New Housing Areas – With Rev Alison BoultonPresented by Thrive Mission Committee of the Uniting Church Presbytery of Western Australia \n\n\n\nThrive is delighted to welcome Rev Alison Boulton\, a leading voice in missional engagement within new housing areas\, to Western Australia this July. \n\n\n\nBunbury Seminar: 📍 St Augustine Uniting Church\, BunburyTuesday 22 July | 9:30 AM – 2:00 PMBunbury is a rapidly growing regional hub surrounded by developing communities with limited services\, an ideal setting to explore pioneer ministry in new estates. \n\n\n\nCost: $75 per session includes morning tea and a light lunch.  \n\n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite – CLICK HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Explore: \n\n\n\nAli will lead sessions drawing on her 8-part course for discerning and equipping people and communities called to plant or grow expressions of church in new housing developments. \n\n\n\nTopics include: \n\n\n\n\nFrom Nothing to Something: Mission in New Estates\n\n\n\nWhat Might God Be Calling Us to Do and Be in This Context?\n\n\n\nPrinciples\, Not Just Practice\n\n\n\n\nFor information or to register contact Rev Greg Ross – minister@bunburyuniting.church \n\n\n\nAbout Rev Alison Boulton\n\n\n\nRev Alison is a pioneer Baptist Minister\, co-founder of the New Housing Hub\, and the Baptist Pioneer Ambassador in the UK. She is known for her grassroots work in birthing a church in a new housing estate\, national leadership\, and as co-author of Pioneer Ministry in New Housing Areas.Ali brings a wealth of wisdom through her mentoring\, lecturing\, and consultancy across the UK and beyond.
URL:https://unitingchurchwa.org.au/event/pioneer-ministry-in-new-housing-areas-bunbury-seminar/
LOCATION:Bunbury St Augustine Uniting Church\, 119 Mangles St\, South Bunbury\, Western Australia\, 6231\, Australia
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